TABLE 2.
Post-discharge outpatient follow-up characteristics of cases readmitted within 30 days and matched controls after a hospitalization for heart failure
| Case (N=1587) |
Control (N=7935) |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Contact | <0.05 | ||
| 1 to 7 days | 793 (50.0%) | 4241 (53.4%) | |
| 8 to 30 days | 324 (20.4%) | 1502 (18.9%) | |
| None within 30 days | 470 (29.6%) | 2192 (27.6%) | |
| Number of Contacts Within 30 days | <0.001 | ||
| >2 | 272 (17.1%) | 1134 (14.3%) | |
| 1 or 2 | 845 (53.2%) | 4609 (58.1%) | |
| 0 | 470 (29.6%) | 2192 (27.6%) | |
| Type of First Contact | 0.25 | ||
| Clinic visit | 942 (59.4%) | 4812 (60.6%) | |
| Telephone contact | 175 (11.0%) | 931 (11.7%) | |
| None within 30 days | 470 (29.6%) | 2192 (27.6%) |